Asian markets trade mostly higher on Monday

15 Apr 2019 Evaluate

Asian equity markets are trading mostly higher on Monday as strong Chinese exports data released on April 12 helped ease investor worries over slowing global growth. There is also optimism on the trade front after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said a US-China trade agreement would go ‘way beyond’ previous efforts to open China's markets to US companies. Mnuchin said he believed Washington and Beijing are getting close to the final round of concluding issues. Shanghai Composite traded higher, after stronger-than-expected China data on Friday improved investor confidence. The broad-based improvement in the Chinese economy from manufacturing to producer price inflation in March has boosted the market sentiment suggesting that the economy is slowly moving towards stabilisation. Besides, investors are looking ahead to the release of Chinese growth figures on April 17. Japan share market advanced to four-month highs, as risk appetite buying boosted up on following Wall Street's solid lead and yen depreciation against the US dollar.

Nikkei 225 surged 315.10 points or 1.44% to 22,185.66, Hang Seng increased 156.87 points or 0.52% to 30,066.63, Taiwan Weighted strengthened 73.89 points or 0.68% to 10,879.19, Shanghai Composite gained 35.82 points or 1.12% to 3,224.45, Jakarta Composite soared 29.32 points or 0.46% to 6,435.19, KOSPI Shares rose 10.53 points or 0.47% to 2,243.98 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI was up by 3.20 points or 0.20% to 1,633.37. On the other hand, Straits Times trembled 2.29 points or 0.07% to 3,329.69.

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